Telegram-herald., 1887-07-11
DUNGEON TO PALACE
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a~ fssaeass st aaaaptsa-rhs Fshsroseis
S@tss LalaExsa tIeF1ia sal elaAy
t1sss 81 usasA Ehs ~ - JaE "a ! -is
U.rta s1asild Be ths Nost Chssx-
4ai r-xsase Ia al /. Chris
u&as alstory.

the kee = DeW.r IalE4se u ID ~ss-
tcr. scsnt rs lEsl sabbath aa4y nom
b. Seek tle present selsal as fals sua-
Eef Anrle. ISIS subject for today vas.
Fs8n Dllnzeoa - palca. and rs rext.
-lhs tlgs 81 ny departure is a. Asnd -
4 4nsotag ~ 8
fae say cus ot this world Is - clicked
a. ~lfA cora All fela. aad uns.er.
tak1r's sEoae eua sgsena4iQer. taaf tie
tnf'stiaA can hardly t1lak IS b. ought "a
tae nost cheerful passage in a.l hi. his
toig We Aaae brck Instead q wlila
over tEe Iiace wnere lle good nan ,ets
D. iast v,c.cTY We sfaed weeping Cfer
. Leaa - eaa.us = Eaea tae Ieesl soal has
s-sAen eG. and Re say .gaor man.
What pity r. was ta hat % caIrs
T. fni1 Come lo WASP bT the time
tAe people have assem- .o.l % the "a eaules
tar n-a las been tn1se lals -0 happy
that Ell Che lQy VI elrh accounts dated
No1id oc ure-sleanes ut ..e it unl he
nlsns better weep os Fal 3eeause YOU
Save @ stey. ta-n yo4 atep ostg Lim be-
G. 4iie BE- has o. 60 De IS fortunate
thiH4 that a goca man lces aot have 70
Val ,e zee ~ o~n clseirl.a. they would
- 50 q seeriant Wltl BIS cuu experience.
II tee Israel res should 81 back 20 Egypt
AM iac1fa ever tle brick Elins they once
lel- taey would uot be any more silly
t14n th1r ch<.s,.au wfo sLouM f0rsake
Ecatrn and come down and mourn be-
cause he had % leave this world Our
ideas 81 tke Christian 5 death are morbid
aad s'c-iY We look upoa 10 es a dark
hole, .a waien a uaa sfumbles when his
Breath gives ont This whole subject Is
odcroL5 visa Vernlsh and disinfectants.
Instead ol being sweet with nlignoastte'
Paul, - lay text, takes that greet ciod u
9 word death. ard throws it zwav
and speaks q his departure "A beauti-
~, bright. suggestive word. descriptive
O. every Christian release.
Nov, departure tnplies a starting place
ard place of destination. When Paul
left this world what was the starting
potnt' Il was scene of great physical
distress. it vas Ire TulI.snum. the lower
dungeon of tae Naaert.ue prison. The
tcp dungeon was bad enough. it having
10 means of ingress or eGrcs. but through
a. opening IN the top. Through that the
prisoner Vas lowered, ana through that
came al the food ard cir and light re-
eeived II was a terrible place. that
upper dungeon; hut tAe Tulliauum wrs
the lower dungeoa, and that WAS still
more wretehed, The Only l-ht and the
Only cE coming through the roof. and
thas rooi The door of the upper dungeon.
That was Pauls last eG~thls residence
II was Dungeon irst SIX feet and a half
hlrh. 10 WAS a dolefDl place Il had the
ehil of long centuries Of Gampness. It
ras hitay with tbs iouz incarceration Of
miserable wretches IL WAS there that
Paul spent his last days on earth, and IL
- there that ] see him today, in the fear
nj dun sc0n, shivcring, blue with the
cold, waiting for that old overcoat which
he had seEt for up 10 Troas. and which
thy tei rot yet ser. down, uotw!thseand-
mg be had written FOR IL.
II some skiufrl surgeon should GO into
that dungeon where Paul is incarcerated-
vc might nnd out what ere the prospects
OF Pauls living t.,ror-h the rough i'm
prisonEcnt In the nrst place. be Is an
old nan. crly two Years short OF 20. AT
that very time when he raost needs ths
warmth and TIE sunlight and the fresh
ar, be Is shut cut frOra she sun. What
are these scars en- bis ankles, why those
were gotten when be c-cs fast. his feet in
The stocks. Every tine he turned the
eesh o0 his ankles started What are
those scars on his back You know he
wrs whipped Eve times. each rine retting
toirty-rine strukes-i9j bruises on the
back count thsm0 made by the Jews
with rods u es- wood. cceh one o. The 10.5
strokes bringing the blood. Lock at
PSal's face enl iook &C his arms.
Whe-s dld be set those bruisesp
think il VS. when he vas STRUGGLING
issore amidst the slivered timbers
lf the shinwrec'S I see a cash in PauPs
'ido. Where did he GEE that2 think ls
yot thar 10 tee tlssle with highwaymen.
or he bad hee1 In peril Of robbers and be
'sd money of his ovc. Re WAS q ne
'hanic as wsil as en- ~1c &c. aad tbink
De tents DC made were a. good a. his SER
mons.
There IS . vanress about Paurs looks.
> lat makes that I think q part OF that
sme from BE fact that he WAS Tor
vsntv-four hours cn plank in tie
Mediterranean sea. suffering terribly. BE-
ore he was rescued, for hs says posi-
iveivs 81 WIS night aad q dry in the
leeq" Oh. worn out. sneciated old
nc7i rrrclr rcu must Do melancholy.
So constitution ccrrli endure this and bs
hscrfni Ere press ray way through
hc Frso1 Untt : eor0c M eiosa 10 where
g 3. AL =. .le falf l-at that streams
l.r0r1h fae C-enil- + see ora his face a
lerro'-rst i1r. Gad bow before hin.
.1d s7r. -Agsd rgu. how can ron
ie7o efeerf0i sr'dst c.i tiis ft,orar' His
'oiee Startses the darSuess 81 the place a.
= e-tcs ONT, I sm row ready II be
leTst acl the tire ef r- ,lennrtura
st faCt bark' what g. shat shuf1iiar
iret iu SIZE upper iun -soa Why. Psuf
es al l1vitation 90 banquet. sud he i
in- 60 dire tciay with ths kinu These
4reI
.euer- They zone. ani they err down
aronSa tlle lole az the dtu-cou. Hurry
- CHI m1r- Come new. get yourself
ssGy Why. paul VIA reasiv. RE had
c-tinT 20 racS up. TIE rad no barrare
b iaks he had teen reassy a ero,7 While.
see hi1i rising ID. ard strafzh esrinr ont
- srifsred limbs. and pushing hack bis
rhire hair rem bis crevicssi forehead. ard
ae hir, locsine r0 through the h,1le in tie
oof 81 tne dnneeen INTO the face ~ his
yscutiouer. Gpi bcsr him sar. aI am
ow rea,ly t1 Re ai7'red and The time of ,
~ deparrH~e 81 at hsna Then fhav bft
i'm cut - tee euneecn. snf they Sf.rs ,
Tith hi07 - fhe Place af execution rNs~
~. Harry aiens. Ola man. or vrs, VIII
'el the weight ~ err sres~ Hu-~v
long Hov far s it SAYS Paul. we
ave - traveis raree miiss - Three ,
liiss is gccd way for an cid
an 20 travel after he has been
'hi0rei ard crippled wi-h u,.l ,
H1s they som get ~ the uisca
exerrttis'D --Acanse Sair 1-and he is
sseene1 co re pillar Fl rnar-r-lcrl. Tt /.
oss nct raks anv strength 60 rle him fast
= r1aEes M resistance o paulf vh~
ot Strive t7r Feur hfe- You aave a great I
ianr erfs here Wifh fhae ultke~~,s .